title: The role of health plans in improving quality of care.
abstract: Regulations and accrediting bodies have charged health plans with assuring and improving the quality of care delivered to plan members. Now, health plans also have an opportunity to promote payment reform designed to align incentives so that plans, providers, employers, and patients can all focus on achieving high-quality care.
authors.affiliation: Coventry Health Care of the Carolinas, 2801 Slater Rd, Ste 200, Morrisville, NC 27560, USA. dhbarco@cvty.com
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barco
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chauncey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States